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Re: Finally got to see the movie!
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Date: 
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:02:41 GMT
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:12:31 GMT, richard.dee@virgin.net (Richard Dee)
wrote:

Remember Silence of the Lambs, and all of the publicity Lector got? He
appeared for maybe 10 minutes of the film, and that was it!

I haven't seen SotL recently, but Hannibal the Cannibal had a *lot* more
screen time than 10 minutes.

And he had a lot more character than Darth Maul.  Darth Maul wasn't a
character, he was a plot device.  He was a gargoyle, waiting for people to
come around the corner and be surprised to see him.  The battle droids had
more interesting characters.

Oh, and he was a really kick-ass lightsabre duelist.

Steve



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  Re: Finally got to see the movie!
 
(...) I agree with Steve. I loved TPM, the only disappointment (Outside of the technical glitches in all SW movies) is the lack of development of the bad/evil characters. The Trade Federation people were a bunch of weak knee wishy-washy jelly (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Finally got to see the movie!
 
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:02:41 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities... (...) With hindsight, it seems that little. (...) That final truel/duel (is truel a real word?) was one of the best swordfights I ever remember seeing! I think we all (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Finally got to see the movie!
 
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:34:44 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn uttered the following profundities... (...) Except for the Coruscant city scenes, IMO. The space scenes were the best ever seen, but cityscapes still have a long way to go. I thought the film was (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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